Miron graham tousley



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M 9. TOUSLEY. PORTABLE FUEL MAGAZINE FOR COOKING STOVES AND RANGES.

Eatented Oct. 9, 1888.

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Ihvrrnn rn'rns ATEN'I MIRON GRAHAM TOUSLEY, OF ENGLEWOOD, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO ARMENA PATRICK, OF SAME PLACE.

PORTABLE FUEL-MAGAZINE FOR COOKING STOVES OR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,997, dated October9, 1888.

Application filed November-19, I867. Serial No.255fi16. (NomodoL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIRoN GRAHAM ToUs- LEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Englewood, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PortableFuel-Magazines for Cooking Stoves or Ranges; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my improved magazine,showing the slide in an elevated position and having the cut-offremoved; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of the magazine with the cut-offin position to hold the fuel therein; and Fig. 3,a detail view, inperspective, of the cut-off with one of the prongs thereof in section tomore clearly show its form and construction.

The present invention has relation to that class of portable coal andcoke magazines adapted to set into and over the hole or opening in thetop of a cooking stove or range, and is more especially designed asanimprovement upon my former patent of December 16, 1884, No. 309,263,and the object thereof is to improve the magazine and its cut-off in itsseveral details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings,and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,A represents the body of themagazine,provided atits lower end with an extension, 13, to fit in thehole or opening on top of the stove or range and sup port the bodythereon.

The magazine is preferably constructed of cast metal and of cylindricalform; but I do not desire to confine myself to the shape or materialfrom which it is constructed.

The magazine is provided with a suitable bail, O, or handles may be usedupon the sides of the body, as found desirable, and the top of the bodyis so constructed as to receive an ordinary stove-lid for a cover, D.

So far as I have described the magazine it does not differ inconstruction from that shown and described in my former patent, and theimprovements thereon which constitute the present invention will now bedescribed.

The body A of the magazine, at or near its base or lower end, is formedwith a series of suitably shaped openings, a, the number thereofcorresponding with the number of prongs E of the cut-off shown in Fig.3, the prongs entering these openings to form asupport and cutoff forthe fuel in the magazine when not in use or when it is desired to removethe magazine with its contents from the stove or range. When the cut-offis withdrawn, the fuel in the magazine will feed itself to the stove orrange, the coal sliding down from the magazine as fast as it consumesaway beneath.

It should be understood that the cut-off is removed when the magazine ison-the stove or range, and is replaced in position before re moving it.

Immediately below the openings a the body A is provided or formed withasupporting-flange, 1), upon which rests a gravitating slide or cap, F,which closes the openings when the cut-off is removed, said slide or caphaving a suitable knob or handle, 0, the shank thereof passing throughsaid slide or cap and through a vertical slot, (1, in the body A. Theinner end of the shank e is screw-threaded to receive a nut, f, forconnecting the slide or cap to the body of the magazine and admitting ofits ready removal when required.

Any suitable means may be employed for connecting the slide or cap tothe body of the magazine, so long as it will admit of its verticalmovement to close or expose the openings a.

\Vhen the cut ofi is removed, the slide or cap will fall by its ownweight or gravity to close the openings, said slide or cap beingsupportedbytheflangehereinbeforedescribed. The cutoff slideshorizontally into position, and in the same manner it is withdrawn fromthe magazine. The prongs E preferably decrease in thickness in adirection toward their points or outer ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 2of the drawings, thereby enabling them to more readily and easilypenetrate the coal when the cut-off is inserted in place. The prongs arealso preferably beveled inwardly upon their inner sides, as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings, so as to widen the space between the prongs in adirection toward their under sides, and thus prevent choking or cloggingof the spaces between the prongs. The cut-off is provided with asuit-able handle, F, and between it and the prongs isa head, G, which iscurved to correspond with the curvature of the body A of the magazine.This head is disposed at an oblique angle to the plane of the prongswhich join the head atits lower inside edge, while the handle joins thehead at the top of its outside edge and at its center. By means of thehead G the cut off is greatly strengthened where most needed, and itsobliquity gives proper elevation to the handle and prevents interferencewith the free working of the gravitating slide or cap.

The extension 13 of the body A is of less diameter than said body, as inmy former patent, thus leaving upon the interior of the body a rim, 9,which forms a support for the cut-off when in position in the magazine.It is preferred to form the extension 13 of considerably less width thanthat shown in my former patcut, so as not to enter or extend down intothe hole or opening on the stove or range to such a distance, therebymore effectually preventing gas from generating in the magazine andescaping therefrom. The gradual feeding of the fuel in the magazine tothe stove or range consumes all gas, sulphur, and carbon and givesgreater heat for the amount of fuel consumed than is ordinarilyobtained.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A portable fuel'magazine for cooking stoves or ranges, having anopening or openings for the reception of a cutoff, and a gravitatingslide or cap to cover said openings or expose them for introducing thecut-01f in the magazine, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A portable fuel-magazine for cooking stoves or ranges, having aseries of openings at or near its base, a gravitating slide or cap forcovering or exposing said openings, and a flange for supporting theslide or cap when in its closed position, in combination with a cutolfhaving a series of prongs to correspond with the number of openings,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with a portable fuelmagazine for cooking stoves orranges, of a cut-ofl consisting of a series of prongs and anobliquely-formed head provided with ahaudle, said prongs and handlebeing on different horizontal planes, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

4. A portable fuel-magazine having an extension to fit in the hole oropening of the cooking-stove and an interior rim, and provided with agravitating slide or cap to cover or expose a series of openings, incombination with a cut-off having a series of prongs and oblique head,and a handle joining said head, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

MIRON GRAHAM TOUSLEY. lVitnesses:

LAUREN BRANDELL, E. D. Pnooroa.

